ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’ Focuses On The Opioid Crisis

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August 16, 2019 – When our father and son ask Angela how many pills she’s had so far today, nearby customers observe. In one scene, when Angela steps away for a moment, customers Diane and her granddaughter Olivia give their support to the family. Olivia tells our actors that she was actually in a car accident two years prior, and was prescribed Percocet and Oxycodone. The CDC has reported that every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. While many take opioids responsibly for pain management, the CDC estimates that roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them. In even more distressing news, the recent United Nations annual World Drug Report showed that the opioid crisis has spread across the globe. Two-thirds of the 585,000 drug-related deaths worldwide in 2017 were caused by opioids. In June, thousands of U.S. counties, cities, and villages filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers for their alleged roles in contributing to the opioid crisis through improper marketing of the drugs, including misleading doctors and the public about how addictive they are. The companies have denied wrongdoing and say they are helping to tackle the opioid crisis.